Improvement in hay-racks for wagons



Hay Rack.

Patented Nov. 15, 1870.

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Letters Patent No. 109,261, dated November 15, 1870; antedated October29, 1870.

4IMPROVEMENT IN HAV-RACKS FOR WAGQNS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl; of thesanne.

To all who-m it may conccrir':

Be it known that I; S'rnrrrnx J. SMITH, of Farmington, in the county ofOntarioand State ofy New York, have invented certain new and -nsefnl1mprovements in the Formation of Hay-Racks 1in' Wagons; and I do herebydeclare thaty the fol'- lowing is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof',

reference being had to the accompanying drawing,-

and to the letters of reference marked thereon which form a part ofthisspeciiication.

The nature of my invention vconsists in .the construction andarrangement of a hay-rack, and in the` manner of fasteningthe same tothe bottom of the,

wagon-box.

' ln order to enable others skilled inthe art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring t0 the annexed drawings, in whichlFigure l is a transverse vertical section, and

Figure 2v is a plan vicwof my bay-rack.

A represents the wagon-box, in the bottom of which are secured metalboxes, a a.

- These boxes are placed in a line in the center of the wagon-box, andare constructed so as to form each two loops,.facing one each side of'the wagon-box, and each of these metal boxes is secured to the bottom of.'thc wagon-box by means of a bolt, e, in the center.

- In the loops of the metal boxes a a are inserted the lower ends oflevers orarms B B, which rest upon the sides of the wagon-box, and thearms on each side ot' the wagon are connected by slats c c, forming therack.`

of the wagorrbox A,they are notched, as shown in lig. 1, so as to tit onthe edge thereof.

The inclination of the rack thus constructed isv readily regulated bythe length of the bolt b'.

This rack is simple in construction, cheap, and can` readily be pnt np,or shelter.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

lhe hayrack B U, constructed as described, and attachedto the bottom ofthe wagon-box by means of the metal boxes a a and bolts b b,substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I elaimfthe foregoing as my taken down and placed`under own, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

S'IIEPHEN J. SMITH.

Witnesses HINMAN E. SM1TH, W. B. JOHNSON.

.At the point where the arms B B touch the sides

